English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

The Downs

Other OS name in the Parish of Sapperton

Historical Forms

  • Downs farm 1839 Downs

Etymology

, Downs farm 1839Downs , v. dūn ' down, hill ' .